Brunner was ranked No. 15 on TSN's list of unrestricted free
agents and Cleary was No. 24. Of the players still available, the only player
ranked higher than Brunner is Toronto's Mikhail Grabovski. He was No. 9 on the
original list.

Cleary has made no secret of his desire to remain in Detroit
after eight seasons with the Red Wings, who are interested in retaining his
services. But after signing Alfredsson and Weiss, the Red Wings would have to create room under the salary cap to sign Cleary.

He appeared in all 48 regular-season games for Detroit last
season, scoring nine goals among 15 points. In the playoffs, Cleary was second
on the team behind Henrik Zetterberg with 10 points in 14 games.